Remove the string on the beginning of an URL
JavascriptStringJavascript Problem Overview
I want to remove the "www.
" part from the beginning of an URL string
For instance in these test cases:
e.g. www.test.com
→ test.com
e.g. www.testwww.com
→ testwww.com
e.g. testwww.com
→ testwww.com
(if it doesn't exist)
Do I need to use Regexp or is there a smart function?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Depends on what you need, you have a couple of choices, you can do:
// this will replace the first occurrence of "www." and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".replace("www.", "");
// this will slice the first four characters and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".slice(4);
// this will replace the www. only if it is at the beginning
"www.testwww.com".replace(/^(www\.)/,"");
Solution 2 - Javascript
Yes, there is a RegExp but you don't need to use it or any "smart" function:
var url = "www.testwww.com";
var PREFIX = "www.";
if (url.startsWith(PREFIX)) {
// PREFIX is exactly at the beginning
url = url.slice(PREFIX.length);
}
Solution 3 - Javascript
If the string has always the same format, a simple substr()
should suffice.
var newString = originalString.substr(4)
Solution 4 - Javascript
Either manually, like
var str = "www.test.com",
rmv = "www.";
str = str.slice( str.indexOf( rmv ) + rmv.length );
or just use .replace()
:
str = str.replace( rmv, '' );
Solution 5 - Javascript
You can overload the String prototype with a removePrefix function:
String.prototype.removePrefix = function (prefix) {
const hasPrefix = this.indexOf(prefix) === 0;
return hasPrefix ? this.substr(prefix.length) : this.toString();
};
usage:
const domain = "www.test.com".removePrefix("www."); // test.com
Solution 6 - Javascript
Try the following
var original = 'www.test.com';
var stripped = original.substring(4);
Solution 7 - Javascript
const removePrefix = (value, prefix) =>
value.startsWith(prefix) ? value.slice(prefix.length) : value;
Solution 8 - Javascript
You can cut the url and use response.sendredirect(new url), this will bring you to the same page with the new url
Solution 9 - Javascript
Another way:
Regex.Replace(urlString, "www.(.+)", "$1");